SUBJECT: Assignment of Reporting Function under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws
of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, the reporting function of the President under section 1016(e) of
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law
108-458, 118 Stat. 3638) is hereby assigned to the Director of National
Intelligence (Director).

The Director shall perform such function in a manner consistent with the
President's constitutional authority to withhold information the
disclosure of which could impair foreign relations, national security,
the deliberative processes of the Executive, or the performance of the
Executive's constitutional duties.

Any reference in this memorandum to the provision of any Act shall be
deemed to include references to any hereafter-enacted provision of law
that is the same or substantially the same as such provision.

You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.